Welcome to Year 5

Aiming high (involving mountains)

In Autumn Term we are Aiming High. We will follow Sir Edmund Hillary’s adventure to conquer Everest through reading David Hill’s “First to the Top, imagining how it would feel to stand on the 'roof of the world' and writing our own diary entries. We then go on to study the wonderful language and imagery in Jackie Morris' book “The Snow Leopard”, writing our own version of the story before going on to write persuasive pieces to save this mysterious and endangered species.

Topic work will teach children key Geographical skills in how to locate mountains on a world map, understanding how these magnificent land forms are made and learning about Mountain environments around the world in order to compare them with those here in the UK.

During this term, the children are encouraged to reach some of their own personal goals and challenge themselves during the outward bound experience held at Bowles in November.

Medium Term Skill Overview - Autumn

Groovy Greeks!

This half term we will be exploring Ancient Greece! Basing much of our learning on the story of Odysseus, we will be journeying across the Greek world. Our writing will build up towards an exciting police report into Odysseus’ mysterious disappearance from his home of Ithaca. In science, we will be looking at various forces (such as air resistance and gravity).

In our DT learning we will be designing, building and evaluating our own moving mechanisms. These will include levers and linkages.

To finish our topic, we will be having our own fantastic Greek Day – including food, art and history!

Medium Term Skill Overview - Spring

Trip this term – Greek Day

Out of this world!

For the second part of the Spring Term we will be blasting off into space! Using the book “The Planet Gods”, we will be exploring the solar system and beyond. We will be researching and writing our own fact pages about our space learning. As we move towards Easter, we will begin to learn about the events of Holy Week and its importance to Christians across the world.

The nature of storytelling

For our final term we will be delving into the world of storytelling. Using “The Lost Happy Endings” by Carol Ann Duffy, we will develop our descriptive writing. In Science we will explore lifecycles of plants and animals, which will lead into our exciting trip to Wakehurst Place. As the term progresses, our focus will move onto non-fiction narratives.

In PSHE this term, our two jigsaw pieces will be “Relationships” and “Changing Me”. This will include work on friendships, health and hygiene, puberty, mental health and growing up.

Medium Term Skill Overview - Summer